Le Dive, one of Jon Neidich and Golden Age Hospitality's latest downtown destinations, follows Acme and The Nines.
Le Dive recreates a Parisian tabac with a long zinc bar, neon tube lights, and cafe tables with wine and jambon beurre.
Gem Wine, nestled in an unpretentious stretch of Broome Street known for laundromats and bodegas, is the least formal sibling of new-Nordic tasting menu restaurant Gem, just around the corner.
A former online-only wine merchant, Parcelle, opened a tiny Division Street bar this summer on the Lower East Side.
The bar, run by sommelier Grant Reynolds, serves outstanding wine, from young Canadian Chardonnays to Italian Barolos.
New York wine veteran Eben Lillie started Skin Contact. His father founded Chamber Street Wines in Tribeca and pioneered the stateside natural/low intervention wine movement.
For five years, Canal Street has been home to this Iberian seafood paradise. Cervo's, a sibling restaurant to Brooklyn's Hart's and The Fly, is a restaurant first, but its wine list makes it a wine lover's destination.
Wildair, a popular restaurant by chefs Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske, is more than a wine bar. The outstanding glasses complement the meal.